Dangerous Catch (Pd 3)
“Our massive demands on the ocean’s bounty impacts life far beyond the shoreline: bushmeat hunting is on the rise in Ghana while in Namibia; fishing grounds struggle to recover as putrid fumes explode from the ocean depths and poison the waters; and radical new fish farms are sprouting up from Puerto Rico to Canada. Across the globe, all life is feeling the effects of overfishing. Can we protect fish in time to safeguard the ocean, life on land and ultimately ourselves? Find out how we all can make a difference.”
· Explain the green, yellow and red ratings for seafood. · What are the following companies doing with regards to marketing sustainable seafood? o Whole Foods o Target o Safeway o Wal-Mart o Trader Joe’s · Look at following Seafood Guide for the Southwest.
· What are the best choices for seafood choices? · What seafood choices are marked with * and what does it mean?
Group 6- Sustainable Seafood Pd. 3- Kelly Cami, Josh, Sequoia, and Brett Rating and Marketing Seafood:
A green rating means that the species of fish is abundant and caught in an environmentally- friendly way. A yellow rating indicates that there may be some concerns with the species’ status or catching methods. A red rating means the species of fish is being overfished, and its catching methods are harming the environment.
Whole Foods, Target, Safeway, Wal-Mart, and Trader Joe’s,
Whole Foods Is the first national retailer to post green/yellow/red seafood ratings, showing how healthy each fish is.
Target stopped selling farmed salmon, only selling healthy fish.
Safeway stopped carrying over fished species such as grouper and monkfish.
Wal-Mart came up with new sustainable seafood policies and dropped swordfish, shark, and frozen orange roughly a year ago.
Trader Joe’s announced that it would sell only sustainable-sourced seafood by the end of 2012.
Seafood Guide for the Southwest:
The best choices for seafood are Arctic Char, Barramundi, Catfish, Clams, Cobia, Cod, Crab, Halibut, Lobster, Mussels, Oysters, Salmon, Scallops, Striped Bass, Tilapia, Trout, Albacore Tuna, and Skipjack Tuna.
This symbol (*) means that there are limit consumptions due to concerns about mercury or other contaminants on a specific fish species. Fish that are marked with this symbol are Striped Bass, Blue King Crab, Salmon (Washington wild), Swordfish, Sturgeon Caviar, Chilean Sea bass, Groupers, Frozen Orange, Sharks, Tuna (longline), Blue fin Tuna, Canned Tuna, and types of wild, northwest coast Salmon.
“Our massive demands on the ocean’s bounty impacts life far beyond the shoreline: bushmeat hunting is on the rise in Ghana while in Namibia; fishing grounds struggle to recover as putrid fumes explode from the ocean depths and poison the waters; and radical new fish farms are sprouting up from Puerto Rico to Canada. Across the globe, all life is feeling the effects of overfishing. Can we protect fish in time to safeguard the ocean, life on land and ultimately ourselves? Find out how we all can make a difference.”
Group 6: Sustainable Seafood
· Read the following news article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hpeQiSgVHClVzsbeSUotZwZwLxoQD9I73CNO0
· Explain the green, yellow and red ratings for seafood.
· What are the following companies doing with regards to marketing sustainable seafood?
o Whole Foods
o Target
o Safeway
o Wal-Mart
o Trader Joe’s
· Look at following Seafood Guide for the Southwest.
· What are the best choices for seafood choices?
· What seafood choices are marked with * and what does it mean?
Group 6- Sustainable Seafood Pd. 3- Kelly Cami, Josh, Sequoia, and Brett
Rating and Marketing Seafood:
Seafood Guide for the Southwest:
- This symbol (*) means that there are limit consumptions due to concerns about mercury or other contaminants on a specific fish species. Fish that are marked with this symbol are Striped Bass, Blue King Crab, Salmon (Washington wild), Swordfish, Sturgeon Caviar, Chilean Sea bass, Groupers, Frozen Orange, Sharks, Tuna (longline), Blue fin Tuna, Canned Tuna, and types of wild, northwest coast Salmon.
Good Job. 75/75